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EP 1 293 575 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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19.01.2005 Bulletin 2005/03 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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19.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/12 |
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Date of filing: 16.03.1998 |
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DE ES FR GB IT |
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Priority: |
10.04.1997 US 843634
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Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: |
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98910425.2 / 0925369 |
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Applicant: Dade Behring Inc. |
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Deerfield, Illinois 60015 (US) |
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- Godsey, James H.
Folsom, CA 95630 (US)
- Nothaft, Daniel M.
Vacaville, CA 95688 (US)
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Representative: Schweitzer, Klaus, Dr. et al |
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Patentanwaltskanzlei Zounek, Industriepark Kalle-Albert, Gebäude H391 Rheingaustrasse
190-196
65174 Wiesbaden
65174 Wiesbaden (DE) |
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Universal test system and methods of use thereof for indentifying multiple families
of microorganisms |
(57) The present invention relates to a universal test systems and methods of use thereof
for identifying a microorganism among at least two groups of widely divergent microorganisms.
The universal test system comprises a predetermined combination of non-redundant biochemical
tests comprising a substrate for at least one enzyme wherein the substrate, if acted
on by the enzyme results in formation of a detectable product. Detectable products
from the combination of biochemical tests are then used to identify the microorganism.